5 Days Off

This five day festivals showcases electronic music of all genres.

This five day festivals showcases electronic music of all genres, be it hip hop, house, techno, dubstep or minimal. Both big names and up and coming DJs perform; the likes of Modeselektor, 2manydjs, Ellen Allien, Skream and Caribou having turned up previously, essentially, anyone who is anyone in underground electronic music will have participated at some point. The action takes place at Amsterdam’s three main live music venues, so you can pick and choose which nights you want to go or get a festival pass for all five days. Having celebrated its 10th anniversary, 5 Days Off was conceived as a spin-off of the Belgian 10 Days Off festival. It’s indoors too, so you need not worry about the weather conditions.